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Dec 10, 2025
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2025-2026 Academic Catalog
Comparative & Middle East Politics and Society (CMEPS)
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This is a joint Masters degree program between the American University in Cairo (AUC) and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (TU), in Germany. Students are required to be enrolled full time at their home institution (AUC). The third semester of study takes place in the partner institution (TU). The program provides in-depth knowledge of comparative politics, and of political and societal developments in the Middle East. It also provides students with the analytical tools for understanding this region’s complex dynamics and challenges. The degree focuses on the relationship between societies and states in the MENA region as well as the dynamics of social and political transformation. Upon completion of the degree, AUC students will receive a joint degree certificate from the American University in Cairo (AUC) and the Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen (TU).
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Students also complete three elective courses fulfilled at TU (9 credits)
Course offerings at TU vary on an annual basis but previous offerings have included the following courses. Lectures: - P0301 Theories and Methods of Comparative Politics
- P0302 International Institutions and Global Governance
- P0303 Analyzing Armed Conflicts
- P0304 Introduction to Public Policy / Theory and Methods of Policy Analysis
Seminars: - P0341 Regime Change and Democratization
- P0342 Middle East Politics and Societies
- P0343 Protest Movements in the Middle East
- P0323 Theories of European Integration
- P0325 Applied Ethics in Public Policy
- P0361 International Relations Theory and Peace Research
- P0364 The United Nations System: Politics and Policies
- P0366 The Politics of Migration
- P0367a Model United Nations Workshop
- P0367b Model United Nations Excursion
- P0368 Quantitative Methods Workshop
- P0369 Civil Resistance
- P0370 States in Crises in West Africa
- P0371 International Relations from the Global South
- P0388 From Emigration to Immigration: Modern Turkey’s Migration Record
If needed, students also take an Elementary German Language proficiency course at TU as one of their elective courses. II. Thesis
Students must complete a thesis that either focuses on the Middle East or employs a comparative politics methodology. The thesis is co-supervised by a first supervisor from the American University in Cairo and a second supervisor from TU. Specific thesis requirements are circulated to students by the department. |
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